What exactly is the Imperial Unification Plan?

This question suddenly appeared in Luga's mind, yes, what is the unification plan of the empire! What kind of unity was Theodosius' plan for the unification of the empire? He closed his eyes and pondered, ready to calm down and clear his mind repeatedly.

For the time being, the recovery of Africa and the other two provinces of North Africa seemed to be Theodosius' top priority, but Attila's sudden intervention had shattered Theodosius' original plan. It is hard to imagine what a huge shock this defeat is for the entire empire, although the East and West Rome are divided, but in the end it is still a complete Roman Empire, and the land of the Western Empire is now not encroached upon by the barbarians driven by the Huns.

But the armies of the Western Romans and their generals were constantly fighting against these damned barbarians, and although they did their best, it had little effect, not so much because they were too weak, but because the super legions of the barbarians were too large and too numerous.

The generals of the Western Romans tried their best to resist, because their glory and even their future were in it, and they used many methods in the long war, but they were powerless in the face of this huge force one after another. So it's like a medicine to delay the disease, but in the end, it can't solve such a disease that is getting worse day by day.

The Eastern Empire was also sparing no effort to help the Romans of the Western Empire fight against the enemy, but the Sassanid Persia in the east and the Huns in the north greatly diminished the attention of the Eastern Empire. Although Theodosius II was probably the adopted son of the previous king of Sassanid Persia, and he succeeded to the throne by Bi, now that the old king is dead, the brief period of peace between Sassanid and Rome has ended. More often than not, the Western Empire itself was forced to face the flood of barbarian migrations, and although it was an elephant, it was bound by its hands and feet, and the chains were not someone else's, but within itself.

Rome has always been a military empire, and the emperors of all dynasties have been military people on the throne or supported by the army, whether it is a legion or a janissaries. It's just that the current central government, Augustus Valentinian III, does not have any of the above points, all this is due to his mother Gala. Plasettia was secretly behind her back.

Gallas. Plasitya, Augusta of the Western Empire, Queen Regent. She is keen on the balance of power between the military and the politicians, and does not allow the military to be too strong, nor the politicians too weak, and vice versa. This was an excellent policy, as it was able to keep his son Valentinian III on the throne while rallying a group of supporters. However, the plan did not go so smoothly, and the generals under the command of Constantius, John, Feracus, and Berniface, were caught in endless infighting for military power, and finally, in a pool of corpses and blood, Aetius gradually rose to prominence, killed all the enemies who stood in his way, and finally stood up. Aetius's oligarchic military Jean Gara. Platicia is completely bankrupt with the method of restricting the generals, and she can only win over and nominally control Aetius, a super general who can overthrow her son's throne at any time, but she has nothing to do with it. Luga, as the spokesman of the Eastern Empire, did not get Gala in the Apennines. Any kind of reception in Platitia, of course, it is not difficult to see that the Queen Regent still looks down on this rookie who has risen from the common class, and it is likely that she deliberately ignores and alienates herself because she is afraid that Luga will be suspected of spying on the throne like other generals.

Theodosius II, his only son Aldius died young, and the only child under his knee was this princess Licchia, and there were no children since, no, an adopted son!

Thinking of this, Luga's whole person was shocked, he seemed to see something clearly, Theodosius had no son, but he had to ensure his throne, and even seek the reunification of the Eastern and Western Empires, then he must have a son, his own son is no longer possible, and it is even more impossible for an illegitimate son to become a legitimate heir, so, adopted son! Isn't it also a son?

Luga felt as if he had figured out the reason for Theodosius' desired plan for the unification of the empire. He chose two paths, one was that Princess Licinia married Valentinian, and this political marriage was nothing more than wanting Lickinia to give birth to an heir of Flavis' blood, and most importantly, a son. But in history, Valentinian did not give birth to a son, only two daughters, and the girl had not been like Gala. If a woman like Placitia can be recognized by the nobility within the empire, she will not be the regent queen at all, and even because she has no son, it will make the officers in the imperial kingdom ready to move, and they will spy on the location of Augustus all the time. Now that Augustus of both empires has no heirs, then their death is naturally a matter of time, so Caesar's position is not the tradition of the girl sitting.

"If Lickinia can't give birth to the son of the Flaviis family, then in a few decades, the Flaviis family will be difficult to continue in the Western Empire, and the Eastern Empire will also be shaky." Luga was muttering to himself, and suddenly, he raised his head, his eyes wide, his expression full of incredulity.

"Could it be that Theodosius II pressed two possibilities in the Western Empire, one is the belly of his daughter Licinaia, just to see if she can give birth to a son, but unfortunately not, then the other may ......" Luga said, pointing to himself, and said with some hesitation: "Another hope, is myself!" ”

Got through, now everything has worked out.

"It turns out that I am the candidate for the future Augustus!"

Luga screamed in his heart, he didn't dare to be so public, although he once thought that Augustus's adopted son was just a good platform, but he never thought that this would be a decision that would affect his life and even the future fate of the Roman Empire. He had never imagined that Theodosius II was always deploying for the future of the Roman Empire and for the future of Flavis.

"Giving me the Ninth Legion to go on an expedition to Sicily is to give me a very high starting point, let me make meritorious achievements, and use my great military exploits to tell the nobles of both the Eastern Empire and the Western Empire that I may be the future Augustus of the Empire, but now they haven't seen it, because their attention is all on the married Likinia and Valentinian, compared to the adopted son, they are more worried about the heirs born to Augustus in the Western Empire. So why don't I use this neglected time to find something, especially to strengthen my current strength. Luga realized why, unlike Aetius, he was a little carefree, at least not so much trouble, because he had a lot of power of his own. This is exactly what Luga does not have, compared to Aetius, Luga is just a bloated fat man, the generals and armies sent by Theodosius II to help him are nothing more than crumbling fat on his body, which is not his strength, because this fat can leave him at any time for other reasons, in fact, his real strength is only the thin and exposed muscles that hide behind the fat, which is why he can be limited everywhere.

"I have to strengthen my strength!" Lu Jia clenched his fists and secretly told himself in his heart: "If I return to the Eastern Empire, then I will lose everything, I must stay in the Western Empire, make achievements here, and have unquestionable strength before I can give enough freedom!" At that time, I will be able to return to the Eastern Empire with my strength and discuss with Theodosius II and the nobles who will be the successor. ”

Now that the reconquest of the three provinces of North Africa is a pipe dream, he has to think about where is the best seedbed for him to play! There has to be enough space there, and of course there must be enough enemies!